RHAMNACE^E— BUCKTHORN FAMILY 



ALDER-LEAVED BUCKTHORN 



Rhdmnus alnifblia. 



Rhamnus is the ancient Greek name, with no obvious sig- 

 nification. 



A stout leafy shrub, two to three feet high, growing in clumps 

 on moist lands and in swamps. Ranges from New Brunswick 

 to British Columbia, south to New Jersey, west to Illinois, Ne- 

 braska, and Montana. 



Leaves. — Alternate, simple, pinnately veined, two to four 

 inches long, ovate, acute or rounded at base, serrate, acute at 

 apex ; mid vein or primary veins prominent. They come out 

 of the bud plicate, yellow green, shining, smooth above, some- 

 what hairy below, shining and glabrous ; when full grown are 

 dark green. Petioles one-fourth to one-half an inch long. 



This native of swamps, like so many of its compan- 

 ions, takes kindly to cultivation, and in the garden 

 makes a clump of erect stems and handsome foliage. 

 Neither the small yellow flowers nor the black fruit 

 are conspicuous. The plant is used by landscape gar- 

 deners as a border shrub. 



LANCE-LEAVED BUCKTHORN 



Rhdmnus lanceolcita. 



Tall, erect, growing on hills and on river banks. Ranges 

 from Pennsylvania to Alabama, west to Iowa and Nebraska, south 



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